MR. LUCKY
(R-K-O Radio)
HE old story of the wicked, selfish but supposedly likeable fellow who becomes an unmitigated hero when subjected to the twin
influences of love and patriotism. This time it’s Cary Grant; he’s a_loudmouthed gambler of Greek pedigree, who shamelessly evades conscription while worming his way into a war relief organisation and the heart of a society girl (Laraine Day), in order to abscond with all the money he can lay hands on. In the outcome, he joins the Merchant Navy. The film is a hotch-potch of comedy and melodrama, with many jaded old situations and a few new ones that are not much livelier. Hardly anything in it makes either good sense, good fun, or good taste,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 237, 7 January 1944, Page 19
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121MR. LUCKY New Zealand Listener, Volume 10, Issue 237, 7 January 1944, Page 19
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